Penny

It was March and April this last week. Highs in the upper 70s and some pouring rain at 33. And most everything in between. 

As of this writing, it was like 78 today. By Monday it's back to the 30s.  Bother. 

But I broke Shep out of 'school' a few times and we had bonding time. 

Penny and her would-be stand-offish boyfriend. 

We went to a park west of Cleveland (in the background) for lunch. 

It was tres windy. Like 35 mph winds. And we did a big walk there.....

....which tuckered him out. I have to remind myself he is pushing 11. 

But he awakened..........and rolled and rolled. 

New guy at daycare. Very cute. 

And my always greeter - Sydney. 

....and this guy!  Bailey. 

Obvi not my sister's Bailey. The markings!!!!

Song by: Stan Getz

Let Go

"Which old witch? 

The wicked witch".

So the song goes. But in the song the witch dies - not terminated from employment.

Oh nooooo.......Pam Bondi was fired. 

Well, that's what memes and an NYT headline my sister sent me says. 

I don't know particulars, nor does it matter much. Gnome BLOTUS fired by social media. I don't know how Bondi got the axe. He is probably too big of a wuss to do it to her face. 

It's a risky move getting rid of her. I mean, I'm all for it. 

Getting hit by a bus was my first option, but this was in the top 25. The other 23 had some aspects of firearms, open sewer grates and numerous large vehicles assisting in her demise.  Maybe a lion or stampede of rhinos were in the mix. 

The risk is what she knows and how vengeful she might be. We know she could be. Let's face it - she's a mean girl. 

Don't get me wrong - that dickwad has shit on her too. He's evil, but he's not quite the idiot people make him out to be. And most importantly, he holds the keys to whatever pardon she is going to need in the near future. 

He knows this. He knows she knows this. And she knows he knows she knows this. It behooves her to to keep her piehole firmly shut. 

I believe - no evidence, natch - that her fucking up of Epstein files is the #1, and maybe only, reason for getting the boot. Bungled so badly even a made-up war couldn't quite quell that noise. 

.....though make no mistake, Epstein file chatter is down to a very very dull murmur. 

I'm not saying it was an ethical option, but she could have picked one name on that list and prosecuted them to the fullest extent, and acknowledged the women who showed up. A risky move for sure, but it might have sated some that she was doing something...........anything. But the doors would be open for exposing BLOTUS as a rapist and pedophile.......officially. Can't really have that. 

Now the door is open for someone who I'm sure is more heinous to step into that role. No doubt a dude. 

Lord help us. 

Song by: Ryan Adams

Dressing Up

Ya know.............where to even begin...... honestly.

Two evenings ago 710 tried to tell me he didn't believe this was real. And it did fall close to April Fool's Day. 

Make no mistake - the "kill" part is all too real. 

Yesterday showed no shortage of memes and "news". Granted, I clicked on none of it. But most of it had headline of Kunty Gnome wants "privacy at this time".  

I have zero idea if even that quote is credible, let alone of her cross-dressing husband. 

I feel fairly confident she and Cor(e)y Lewandowski (sp) shtup'd. It's gross on many levels, but you can see it as a "yeah, I get it" moment for both of them. 

Let's say that Señor(a) Gnome likes to play dress up. So what? 

One could say (oh wait, I said it) that I'm sure that household needs some femininity - and it ain't coming from that crusty, pulled within an inch of her life, bitch.  

What the fuck do I care - or should anyone - if he likes to wear bras and fishnets? I'd be a hypocrite when it comes to drag, trans or crossdressing allies. 

But that's just it. Hypocrisy. 

This is a woman who rails against trans, trans rights, gay rights - and probably any word that has a G, B, T, Q in it.  She does like L  - because it has "kill" and "Lewandowski" (sp). So if she really asked for privacy - FUCK HER. 

Obviously - not really.  I mean, that's what Cor(e)y is for - ammiright?  Maybe he should get a Presidential medal for taking that bullet for the cunt-ry. 

I wouldn't fuck her with someone else's dick. 

While 710 said all of this might not be true - my thing is: who gives a fuck. 

No one in Springfield are eating cats and dogs. There isn't widespread voter fraud. People using SNAP are not bankrupting this country. 

Almost nothing the GOP says is true, so for a tidbit like this, fact-checking is off the table. 

.....except for the fact that I WANT it to be true. 

However, this make so much more sense while Señor(a) Gnome sat in the House gallery and watched his / her (yes, those are "their" pronouns) "wife" get grilled on Homeland Security and being quizzed of her "relationship" with Lewandowski (sp) and not seemingly phased. His / Her 18 hour bra was probably at 17.5 hours and that was their focus. 

Sooooooooo many of the MAGAts, GOPers and J6ers are felons, pedophiles and closeted, yet latent, homos it just stands to reason. They are the biggest hypocrites of all. 

Personally, I think Señor(a) Gnome shouldn't be allowed to use any public restroom..........EVER. 

I just hate them all so much. 

Song by: the Cure

Winds of Change

Well, I kind of thought today might be a pass day, which ironically should have been Monday. 

But Mother Nature provided a slight topic. A Spring storm. A strong one at that. 

710 was coming home early (well, for him) so I could go on my training run, but as he was halfway home I got a notice that the run was cancelled due to possible bad weather. 

So we thought we'd get in a quick dog walk before the rains. 

Immediately we passed our neighbor Sam - who has serious Pedro Pascal vibes - who was doing doing the same. He goes, "yeah, we have about an hour".  I'm like......we have 15-20 minutes. It would be at the low end of that timeline too. 

We hadn't walked inside when we felt the first raindrop. We weren't inside for two minutes before our iPhones, Apple Watches, MacBooks and iPads all threw up the messages to your left. 

.....along with screeching alarms. Alarms that would freak out anyone x 1000 for a pet. Poor Shep. Apoplectic. 

Before going down in the basement, as suggested, I stood in front of, and looked out, the window while 710 checked the tv. That was all of 30 seconds before we thought it best to go. Me texting my niece and then sister-in-law to go. They were already on their ways (or there). 

Oddly, as far as I can tell at drafting time (18:34), I can see no debris and we still have power. But that's why I'm doing this now. Losing power is still a possibility with t-storms supposed to be happening all night. 

The winds were wicked. 75 mph. That we don't have branches down is kind of amazing. The rain and lightning were chaotic at best. 

The really bad parts lasted like 20 minutes only, which felt so much longer when you're stuck in a basement with an anxiety-ridden pup. 

Oh, and it turns out we had yet another alarm go off, which took us a few to locate. 

Our ADT system, it seems, just doesn't warn us about unlocked door, windows or break-ins. There is a fire, carbon monoxide - and weather !! - warnings too. 

We've been here six years. This is the first time it's gone off at least while we've been home. But at least it is one additional way to get warnings, I suppose - as if two watches, two phones, and other devices were not enough.  

.....and at least it didn't happen like at 03:00. 

Song by: Jefferson Starship